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You may get your answer here but it would be best to also ask here also: https://helpdesk.evolvapor.com/index.php?a=add&category=1

The fire button is not using the fire button on the board, it's a separate little board with a switch on it, there could be a problem with it or it's wiring. The up and down accuators most likely press against the up and down buttons on the board, I'm surprised they don't work.

Does it connect to EScribe? In the lower right hand corner of Device Monitor is the option to press the buttons through EScribe. Do they work there?

Being SS316L it is an alloy which could vary wildly from the recommended TCR. Start by using just wattage to get an idea of how much wattage that it can handle going by taste the back it off some. I'm looking at your cold vs live ohms, give the TCR value a try for SS340 and manually adjust the SS430 value from there. Recommended value for SS430 is 0.00138, use SteamEngine's CSV file or what came on your mod for starters. This is how I would go about it.

Is the contacts for the battery clean? Try cleaning them with alcohol and cotton swab even if they appear clean. It could be a wiring problem like a poor solder joint.

18650 is the correct setting for your 21700 cell. Is the battery being held in it's holder tight enough?

To do it manually the value is 0.004. Select the mateerial to chancge, press the Temperature Coeffiency of Resistance tab and enter 0.004, then OK

The easiest way would be to import the included CSV file to EScribe, add it to the mod and make a profile with it. The value of this is 0.004036, (403.6) DNA200-Nifethal_52_(Alloy52)-SteamEngine.csv

I have two of them and they arrived with the same problem. The main problem is the battery isn't held in place tight enough. Using a100+ watt soldering gun I soldered a blob of silver solder to the positive end of the battery then took it down to 1.5 mm in height. This and a couple minor things fixed mine right up. Here is a link to a post I made over at ECF: https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/threads/sxk-billet-box.898599/post-23558056 Read maybe 10 posts or so back for additional info.

Seeing that you are using wattage mode it isn't of much importance, you can simply adjust to wattage up or down a little. If you were using temperatue controled coils then it would become more of an important issue.

Of the 4 AIO DNA60 mods that I have the internal resistance is much higher than my other DNA mods. My AIO's read 0.012 ohm to 0.019 ohm. It would be a bit difficult for you to measure it so I'll skip that. Here's what I recommend, start with a value of 0.008 ohm and increase or decrease as needed, assuming that you know the ohms of the coils you mentioned above. Put the value in the box in EScribe mod/electrical and upload settings. You may have to reboot the mod in EScribe or by taking the battery out and back in to see your results.

If I were a betting man I'd say that it is 2.75 volts. The board is throttling down just as it should. Am I right?

Again I will ask, what is the voltage showing at red arrow? Hoover your mouse curser over the area and it will show the value. Maybe this will help, if you feel that your battery provides enough amps most likely the battery isn't being held tight enough by the battery door. It is most likely that or battery isn't powerful enough. What battery are you using?

What is the voltage dropping to when firing? EScribe Device Monitor will show this. If your cell isn't powerful enough or the battery sled connections are poor and the voltage drops to 2.75 volts the wattage will throttle down. Below mine dropped to 3.29 volts when firing.

What does EScribe's Device Monitor say for the voltage of each cell. They may be out of balance causing the charging to stop when one of the cells reaches 4.2 volts.while the other one is still low.

If DNA250 it should be the two center ones. #2 positive and #1 negitive for cell #2 connection

I used a small gauge solid wire, no tinning. Made little circles like elecrtic stove burners for on the ends of the 5 ml juice bottle and simply taped the wire to the side of the bottle. On the battery end I just pushed the wire into the holes on the JST plug and added some tape so they would stay put. Use your meter to find them, they will be next to each other.

The battery in my post had been hooked up to a small hobby charger and an expensive one with no results. So just what is your concern with my recomended method?

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It has to reduce the cells that are full charge in order to bring up the low one, this is done with very smal resistors.

There is an option under the Tools tab / Diagnostics/ USB Recovery that will prompt balance charging.

That's the balance charging doing it's slow thing. If you can implement what I posted it will get it up in like an hour. Once balanced use EScribe to see that cell #2's voltage drop when firing heavy load matches up with cell #1 &3. If not then maybe defective.

What were the 3 voltages when you first installed it? I should have said "was it out of balance to start with?"

Probably a couple of days. EScribe will show a charging rate, low but charging non the less.

In this image I used a juce bottle with wires taped to it's ends and placed in a charger. The wires run to the balance plug and connect to the low cell. While this may look a bit crude it worked very well. If you don't want to wait till it balances via mod consider this.